Monday, October 1, 2018

Trump on Monday sought to quell criticism over White House's involvement in FBI investigation; a jelly-like mass unfit for anything

10-1-18 President Donald Trump on Monday sought to quell criticism over the White House's involvement in the FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, as critics questioned whether it set limitations on the probe….There are few signs the FBI is looking into Swetnick's allegations….An ex-girlfriend of Mark Judge's, Elizabeth Rasor, who has challenged his recollections, has offered to cooperate with the FBI but reportedly hasn't been contacted….

The President said it "wouldn't bother" him "at all" if the FBI interviewed all three of Kavanaugh's accusers, while also adding he'd heard Swetnick has "very little credibility.”

Avenatti, who represents Swetnick, on Monday told Business Insider the Trump administration is "afraid" of what his client might say and rejected the notion her allegations aren't credible.

"The investigation is a farce and is being run by Donald Trump. They obviously are afraid of what my client might say, which is why they are avoiding her," Avenatti said. "There are many witnesses that can support her allegations and we are prepared to provide those names to the FBI as we have been saying for a week….Avenatti said that "Trump is talking out of both sides of his mouth. It's part of the con he is running," he said. https://www.businessinsider.com/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-julie-swetnick-trump-2018-10

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Earlier this week Julie Swetnick, a federal government employee who claims she moved in the same social circles as Judge Kavanaugh, released a sworn statement that she saw him and Mr. Judge drink to excess at many parties, that Judge Kavanaugh was verbally abusive and physically aggressive toward young women at those parties, fondling and grabbing them, and that he was part of a group of young men who would spike the punch with alcohol or drugs in order to incapacitate and rape the women.

Mr. Judge’s former girlfriend, Elizabeth Rasor, has also said that she would be willing to testify to the F.B.I. that Mr. Judge is lying when he says he can’t recall any incidents like this. She said he once told her “ashamedly” about a time when he and other boys took turns having sex with a drunken girl. She said he seemed to think it was consensual….

9-23-18 While at Yale Kavanaugh became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity which several students said was known for its wild and, in the view of some critics, misogynistic parties....

Another woman who attended high school in the nineteen-eighties in Montgomery County, Maryland, where Georgetown Prep is located, also refuted Judge’s account of the social scene at the time, sending a letter to Ford’s lawyers saying that she had witnessed boys at parties that included Georgetown Prep students engaging in sexual misconduct. In an interview the woman--who asked to have her name withheld for fear of political retribution--recalled that male students “would get a female student blind drunk” on what they called “jungle juice”--grain alcohol mixed with Hawaiian Punch--then try to take advantage of her. “It was disgusting,” she said. “They treated women like meat.” https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez

After hearing Judge’s denials, Rasor came forward, offering to give a sworn statement to the F.B.I. challenging Judge’s credibility. According to Kaplan, her lawyer, the F.B.I. has so far shown no interest in hearing what Rasor has to say and efforts to contact the Bureau have gone nowhere....

Leah Litman, an assistant professor of law at the University of California Irvine, said the severe restrictions on the scope of the investigation made it “a joke.” She asked “What kind of an investigation into an assault that happened under the influence of alcohol doesn’t include investigating the accused’s use of alcohol?” She said “Usually the F.B.I. investigators aren’t told who to call and who not to.”...Robert Bauer, who served as the White House counsel to President Obama, said that he had overseen numerous F.B.I. background investigations and never seen one so circumscribed. “The F.B.I. should have the latitude to determine what is necessary in a credible, professional inquiry. But instead the White House has dictated a restricted investigative plan. So it’s contaminated at the core.” https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-confusion-surrounding-the-fbis-renewed-investigation-of-brett-kavanaugh

2. Summon the courage to safeguard the mysteries. Comprehend the great gift of love to the One God. Try to unfold the power of insight that you may perceive the future unity of mankind. The one salvation is to turn the spirit toward the light of truth. The great gift of love lives in the one vision bestowed upon the fearless soul.

71. I pass among them and they see me not.

142. I will grant you power to see and hear. The first essentials are purity of air and clarity of spirit. -Leaves of Morya’s Garden 1924

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109. The entire world is divided into black and white ones. Some serve consciously, others according to their nature, and the third present a jelly-like mass unfit for anything. The black lodge is strong because for the combat with light a powerful potentiality is needed. It is unwise to underestimate the forces of the adversaries, especially when their beloved Kali Yuga comes to its end. Certainly it is a decisive battle and one should take care that temptation and seduction do not touch the weak ones. -M: Heart 1932